how to take pictures of snowfall

[dc5itr888]

So its snowing right now. And Im trying to capture the snow falling. It seems to capture very little snow but in reality its snowing a lot. What are some techniques to capturing the snow? What f stop and shutter speed should i be at?

[polarbare]

hmm. to share my secrets or not to.. hmmm..
what the hell it's christmas time.

This is assuming you have photoshop or equivalent.
Photograph a static background with your snowfall (house, trees, whatever doesn't move). take multiple exposures, say 5 or 6. open them all in photoshop, and you can click and drag them all onto 1 exposure, photoshop will just add them as layers.
Now you should have 1 file that has each of the different photos as layers, go to blend mode and select lighten -- do this for each layer. photoshop has now looked at each layer pair and selected the lighter pixels in each.
In effect what you're doing is adding 5 photos worth or snow into one picture.

[dustyporch]

Sometimes you can use a bit of fill-flash to light the falling flakes.

@polarbare, that is an interesting tip... I'll give that a try!

[Wilt]

Underexpose for ambient light slightly, front light the falling snow with flash

[dc5itr888]

did u mean something like HDR I used the flash method didnt come out as what i wanted to or at least seen on the internet but it did look a lot better than the way i was doing it by increasing the exposure time

[sgogula]

I always overexpose my snow shots by + 1 to + 1 2/3 stops to look snow white rather than gray color.
f 8 should be good, ISO and shutter speed based on the light outside. we had a snow storm last night, i need to capture few today...

[PhotosGuy]

I always overexpose my snow shots by + 1 to + 1 2/3 stops to look snow white rather than gray color.

Or you could start with this & eliminate the guesswork:
Need an exposure crutch?